Kolja Bopp

Kolja Bopp is a Research Assistant at the HAW GamesLab within the Department of Media Technology at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), where he has been employed since 2019. He holds a Master's degree in Social Science from Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and founded the game studio Cultural Games in 2015 before transitioning to academic research.

His research explores the intersection of game design and social impact, with specialized interests in:

• Persuasive Games: Using procedural rhetoric to communicate complex ideas
• Cultural Games: Preserving cultural heritage through interactive narratives
• Playful Learning: Developing hybrid physical-digital educational environments
• AR Applications: Studying medial-physical reality fusion in gaming contexts

His publications demonstrate a consistent focus on game design innovation, with recent works examining technical implementation challenges (e.g., graphical shaders) and ethical dimensions of gameplay. Earlier research centered on augmented reality's societal impacts and assistive technologies.

Bopp leads the KIKAN research project (Kinder kreativ gegen Angst) and supervises student projects including:

• Educational game development platform "The Games Makers"
• Founding of "AJAGS" academic journal for applied game studies

He is an active member of the HAW GamesLab research group focusing on innovative game technologies.